NIMA is only organization looking after your professional interests, fighting for your rights and endeavoring to give you your legitimate place in the country’s Health Plans.
NATIONAL INTEGRATED MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (NIMA) is the Oldest Organisation established in 1947.The Association was registered under the Societies’ Registration Act XXI of 1860 and the Public Trust Act, in 1971 at Mumbai.

The Association has a three tier system in its working:

1) Local/District Branches.

2) State Branches/Territorial Branches.

3) Central Council.

**Minimum 11 eligible integrated practitioners from any Town/ City/Area can come together and form a Local Branch of NIMA. They elect their Managing Committee. Office-Bearers and function locally as per the Constitution, of NIMA.

**All Local/District Branches in a State form a State Branch of NIMA, which is governed by its State Council. Local Branch Managing Committees send their representative in proportion to the number of their members on the State Council, (11 members, 1 representative, 21 to 40 members : 2 representatives, 41 to 60 members : 3 representatives an so on). The State Council meets twice a year, elects of Tice-Bearers and carries out its duties for the entire State. The details regarding the working of the Local/District Branch and State Branches can be seen in the booklet of Bye-laws of NIMA.

**The Central Council is formed by the representatives coming from all the State Councils every year, in proportion to their membership strength. (Upto 25 members : 1 representative, 26 to 100 members : 2 representatives, 101 to 200 members 3 representatives, 201 to 300 members : 4 representatives and so on). The State Secretary is necessarily the first representative of the State Branch on the Central Council. The Central Council, is the important body in which are vested the general control, management and direction of policy of the Association.

**The Central Council in its annual meeting elects the Central Office-Bearers - who form the Executive Committee of NIMA - which executes the programme laid down by the Central Council.